Naslov
Only Three Factors of Personality Description Are Fully Replicable Across Languages: A Comparison of 14 Trait Taxonomies

Autori
De Raad, Boele ; Barelds, Dick P.H. ; Levert, Eveline ; Ostendorf, Fritz ; Mlačić, Boris ; Di Blas, Lisa ; Hrebícková, Martina ; Szirmak, Zsofia ; Szarota, Piotr ; Perugini, Marco ; Church, Timothy A. ; Katigbak, Marcia S.

Izvornik
Journal of personality and social psychology (0022-3514) 98 (2010), 1; 160-173

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
trait taxonomy; cross-cultural replicability; lexical approach to personality

Sažetak
We tested the hypothesis that only 3 factors of personality description are replicable across many different languages if they are independently derived by a psycholexical approach. Our test was based on 14 trait taxonomies from 12 different languages. Factors were compared at each level of factor extraction with solutions with 1 to 6 factors. The 294 factors in the comparisons were identified using sets of markers of the 6-factor model by correlating the marker scales with the factors. The factor structures were pairwise compared in each case on the basis of the common variables that define the 2 sets of factors. Congruence coefficients were calculated between the varimax rotated structures after Procrustes rotation, where each structure in turn served as a target to which all other structures were rotated. On the basis of average congruence coefficients of all 91 comparisons, we conclude that factor solutions with 3 factors on average are replicable across languages ; solutions with more factors are not.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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